Last night Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was confident that his government would be returned and would be able to form a majority government, despite predictions that the result will be a hung parliament. This morning the PM’s confidence seemed to have adjusted to the reality of the situation as he told reporters that he was […]
As the votes are counting on Saturday night one of the most closely watched seats in Western Australia will be the inner city seat of Perth. With Labor’s Alannah MacTiernan stepping down after just one term in the federal parliament, high profile lawyer Tim Hammond is Labor’s candidate, business identity Jeremy Quinn is the Liberal’s […]
Could Fred Nile’s Christian Democrats party pick up a WA senate seat in the election? The right wing party has picked up the first spot on senate ballot paper, a position which often seen party receive a higher than expected number of votes. The increased vote is due to people just caring about who they […]
Many questions about the plebiscite Six months ago The Australian Christian Lobby boasted that the government’s tactic of announcing a plebiscite had kicked the issue into the long grass and blunted the growing momentum for marriage equality in Australia. The policy created by former Prime Minister Tony Abbott was clearly meant to remove the issue […]
Labor had confirmed it’s ongoing support for funding the Safe Schools Coalition program. While Labor had previously said it would continue to support the program, the just released costings show a Shorten Labor government would continue to fund the program at $2 million a year through to 2020. Previously the Labor party had only guaranteed […]
Former Prime Minister John Howard has made a series of comments about the potability of marriage equality being introduced into Australia and has said religious freedom needs to be protected. Speaking to The Guardian the former Liberal leader said there must be protections for people who are affected in a tangential way. “I do think […]
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed that Coalition MP’s will be granted a free vote on the issue of marriage equality allowing them to ignore the results of the proposed plebiscite if they choose. Asked yesterday if coalition MP’s would be bound to observe the results of the plebiscite the Prime Minister highlighted the Liberal […]
The Australian Sex Party has released their 2016 election campaign advertisement with a warning that it “smite offend some people.” The satirical video shows a priest singing a list of things that the Catholic Church does to make the “world less good.” Performed to the tune of ‘The Candyman’, ‘The Vatican Can’ highlights the negative […]
Greens South Metropolitan MLC Lynn MacLaren will find out what it’s like to live queer outside of Perth tomorrow as she hosts Mandurah’s first ever LGBTIQA+ community forum. “The vast majority of the State’s LGBTIQA+ events are held in Perth, yet we know that there are community members of all ages outside of the city […]
Treasurer Scott Morrison has told ABC radio that he and people who oppose marriage equality face a similar level of hate speech and bigotry as the LGBTI community. Responding to concerns raised yesterday by Labor Senator Penny Wong regarding the level of hate speech that might arise in the lead up to a plebiscite the […]
